StayLDS Post or Interview for Wheat & Tares

[Anonymous]

I was wondering if we should do a series of posts or interviews with some key people about some of the various forums that are out there that we could publish in W&T. Here’s what I’m thinking:

StayLDS (Brian)

NOM (Dathon)

Faces East (Prairie Chuck)

Mormon Therapist (Natasha Helfer)

Mormon Stories (John Dehlin) – however, I think he’s too busy to do this so I’m not going to get my hopes up.

Any others we should include?

Here are some of the questions I think would be good to cover in each of these posts:

1 – What is the purpose or mission of your site? How do you accomplish this in practical terms (e.g. posts and moderation)?

2 – How does it differ from other sites and forums?

3 – Who is the target audience? (Bearing in mind both commenters & lurkers)

4 – How has the site / group evolved over time? Has the site mission changed?

5 – What key learnings have you discovered in running this kind of site / forum?

What do the rest of you think?

[Anonymous]

Love it! Could you add Post-Mo, Ex-Mo and even maybe FAIR? Not sure if those folks (especially FAIR) would contribute.

[Anonymous]

I would, but I don’t really have any contacts at Post-Mo or Ex-Mo. I would think I could get Kevin Barney from FAIR (he’s from FAIR, right?).

Do you have some contacts at the other sites?

[Anonymous]

Feminist Mormon Housewives should be on the list, as well as Mormon Mommy Wars. (You are looking for a wide range, right?)

I would include Juvenile Instructor and Keepapitchinin’, if they fit what you’re thinking of highlighting.

[Anonymous]

What about John Larsen at Mormon Expressions?

I’m still a newbie to the bloggernacle so don’t know much, and so this would be way way cool to hear a group like that together clarifying their views and their site purposes.

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